$HOME/.aws/config

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-files.html#cli-configure-files-settings

.aws/config

Examples

[default]
region = me-south-1

[default]
region = eu-central-1
output=text

[default]
region = me-south-1
[profile MY_SECOND_ACCOUNT]
region = us-east-2

Named profiles

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-profiles.html

[profile your_second_profile_name]
region=us-east-1
output=text

Options

• mfa_serial

cli_auto_prompt = on
cli_pager

Configuration files

• .aws/credentials
• ~/.aws/cli/alias

Related

• aws configure list and aws configure list-profiles
• export AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE=MY_SECOND_ACCOUNT
• aws list all
• The config profile (yourprofilename) could not be found
• aws iam list-virtual-mfa-devices
• export AWS_REGION=XXXXX

See also

• AWS CLI: environmental variables, aws configure, ~/.aws/config, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.aws/cli/alias, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
• aws configure [ list-profiles | sso | sso-session | set ], ~/.aws/config, .aws/credentials,mfa_serial, AWS cli environmental variables: AWS_PROFILE, AWS_REGION, AWS_DEFAULT_REGION, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, AWS_ROLE_SESSION_NAME, .aws/, AWS functions, --profile, viawsconfig, viawscredentials
• AWS CLI, aws [ configure | iam | ec2 | ecs | eks | s3 | rds | sts | cloudwatch | cloudformation | cloudfront | eventbridge | lambda ], aws configure list, .aws/credentials, .aws/config, ~/.aws/cli/alias, --output [ table | json | text | XXX ], Aws cli environmental variables: AWS_PROFILE, AWS_DEFAULT_REGION, AWS_REGION, AWS_CLI_AUTO_PROMPT, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, aws list all, auto-prompt, --version, whoamiaws, --filters, --help